Meditations on God

The problem with inspiration is that it is unreliable.

You cannot make yourself be inspired.

It is not something you can force.

Inspiration comes when it comes and it arrives in whatever form it chooses.

Waiting to be inspired, therefore, is impractical.

The truth is that inspiration may never come if you wait for it or it will show up at an inconvenient time or place when you cannot do anything with it.

Effort, on the other hand, is quite reliable.

Effort, correctly channeled, produces results.

If you consistently put in enough effort, you may even find that inspiration finds you more frequently.

Inspiration, as it turns out, rewards effort.

Effort tells inspiration that you are serious, that you are ready to take advantage of its gifts, and that it will not be wasted on you.

When you want to be inspired, or you want to do something inspiring, start with effort.

You may be surprised to find that, in the end, it was actually inspiration that was waiting for you to show up.